[webkit-gtk] Webkitgtk compilation

[Nagendra K]

Hi Andres,

Thank you for your suggestion.
To be more precise I have toolchain gcc-4.8.2 compatible on the hardware
device. So when I checked on webkitgtk versions and corresponding toolchain
I found any version beyond webkitgtk 2.9.1 required gcc-4.9. So I got fixed
to webkitgtk2.9.1 but as suggested below  this version is unstable I will
use the webkitgtk 2.8.5. Do you think any better webkitgtk version I can
use with toolchain gcc-4.8.2.

Thanks and Regards,
Nagendra

On 3 May 2017 1:58 p.m., "Andres Gomez" <agomez at igalia.com> wrote:

> (Re-sending with the proper email)
>
> Hi Nagendra,
>
> The latest previous stable version was 2.8.5:
> https://webkitgtk.org/2015/08/06/webkitgtk2.8.5-released.html
>
> You can find news, releases and more information at:
> https://webkitgtk.org
>
> Notice that, although an stable version, it is still very insecure, as
> Michael was commenting. I will encourage you to get the closest
> possible to the latest stable release. The dependencies in the
> toolchain have not changed that much during all this time.
>
> About instructions for how to build, JHBuild modulesets are always a
> good source of examples. See:
> https://github.com/GNOME/jhbuild/blob/master/modulesets/gnome-suites-core-
> deps-3.16.modules#L1297
>
> In any case, you can find the general instructions at:
> https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/BuildingGtk
>
> Br.
>
> On Wed, 2017-05-03 at 11:18 +0530, Nagendra K wrote:
> > Hi Machael,
> > I agree but this requirement is to upgrade an old device in market
> > and the toolchain for that hardware is bit limited, based on that
> > toolchain version I found that 2.9.1 is the max we can upgrade to. Or
> > we need to upgrade the hardware which customer is not interested now.
> > I am new to WebKit, can you suggest last stable version before 2.9.1.
> > So that I will use that version.
> >
> > Second I downloaded the whole source from git of WebKit but now sure
> > what options to be part of the build command to build 2.9.1 version.
> > can you help on this.
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Nagendra
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2 May 2017 23:51, "Michael Catanzaro" <mcatanzaro at igalia.com>
> > wrote:
> > On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Nagendra Kilaparthy <pingnagendra at gm
> > ail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have downloaded the WebKit source code via git procedure. Now I
> > > want to build this code for webkitgtk version 2.9.1 as I have a
> > > requirement to use this build version. I could find the build
> > > procedure for webkitgtk(DPORT= gtk) but could not  get how to build
> > > for a previous or particular version of webkitgtk. Request help in
> > > finding the command to build a older version of webkitgtk for the
> > > code downloaded using git.
> > >
> > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > Nagendra
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sorry, we're not going to help you build old, insecure versions of
> > WebKit. Whatever you are trying to do with this old version, it's
> > unethical. Your users deserve the past year and half's worth of
> > security fixes that they'll lack if you use this old release. If you
> > use WebKit in your products, you have a responsibility to keep it
> > updated to the latest version.
> >
> > Also note that even if 2.9.1 was not ancient, that's an unstable
> > development release. It was never intended to be used except for
> > testing. I have no idea why you decided this was an appropriate
> > version to use in your product.
> >
> > That said... there are no changes to the build system between 2.9.1
> > and current trunk, so modern instructions should work just fine.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > webkit-gtk mailing list
> > webkit-gtk at lists.webkit.org
> > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk
> --
> Br,
>
> Andres
>
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